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Learning Styles: Fact or Fiction? What This Decades-Old Theory Can Teach Us

Waterford

2] Whether the evidence points for or against learning styles, however, this theory can remind us that some students may need individualized instruction or resources to best help them learn. Then, we’ll discuss how to best incorporate what the learning styles theory teaches about individualized learning in the classroom. and Chen, N.

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SMATH: How to Turn 2 Subjects Into 1 Super-Class

Edsurge

We realized combining classes could help us integrate science and math standards, while team-teaching would allow us to differentiate instruction. Technology was also providing a surplus of real-time data we still weren’t sure how to best use. Here’s how we did it: How smath works.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers. It’s astounding to reflect on how much has changed in the intervening years in the world of education and teaching. 2011, Nurmi et al., Best practice in literacy instruction (4th ed.,

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This can involve differentiated instruction strategies where tasks are tailored to each student’s learning pace and style. Critical thinking, as Finn (2011) defines it, “is applied rationality…a set of skills that people can learn and apply in their everyday or professional lives.” References Finn, P.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

Research shows that differentiated content leads to greater student reading growth (Reis et al., This is particularly true when resources are provided for teachers to more easily differentiate (Otaiba et al., The Effect of Direct Instruction Strategy on Math Achievement of Primary 4th and 5th Grade Students with Learning Difficulties.

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Grow a Learning Culture through Peer Coaching

wwwatanabe

Teching it Up K-12 -- Success Stories, Part 2 In Part 1 of "Teching it Up K-12 -- Success Stories," originally presented at the Arizona CIO/CTO Forum 2011 , we focused on the importance of a learning-centric vision. Staff development focused on pedagogy and differentiated instruction with technology infused in it.

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Transforming Schools and Outcomes by Using a Culturally Responsive Curriculum

edWeb.net

Vernon has achieved widespread involvement in interactive parent workshops, which have been online since last spring, by focusing on relevant topics such as understanding teenage language and behavior, and how to support virtual learning.